INDIANAPOLIS--- The NCAA announced the 52 at-large selections for the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

These wrestlers, listed in alphabetical order by weight class, join the other 278 student-athletes that qualified automatically through their conference and regional qualifying tournaments. The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee using the selection criteria without priority order, which consists of head-to-head competition, qualifying event placement, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, rating percentage index, coaches ranking and number of matches contested at that weight class.

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
125 Prescott Garner Navy EIWA 
125 Anthony Mustari Northern Colorado West Regional 
125 Brian Owen Boise State Pac-10 
125 Nikko Triggas Ohio State Big Ten 
125 Mike Watts Michigan Big Ten 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
133 Matt Bonson Virginia ACC 
133 Tyler Dillashaw Cal State Fullerton Pac-10 
133 Kyle Hutter Old Dominion CAA 
133 Thomas Kimbrell Cal State Bakersfield Pac-10 
133 Brandon Low UC Davis Pac-10 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament 
141 Justin Accordino Hofstra CAA 
141 Cory Fish Boise State Pac-10 
141 Frank Molinaro Penn State Big Ten 
141 Richard Rappo Pennsylvania EIWA 
141 William Simpson Army EIWA 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament 
149 Torsten Gillespie Edinboro EWL 
149 Daniel Meagher Cornell EIWA 
149 Michael Roberts Boston U. CAA 
149 Robert Sanders Nebraska Big 12 
149 Peter Yates Virginia Tech ACC 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
157 Hadley Harrison Clarion EWL 
157 Jason Johnstone Ohio State Big Ten 
157 Thomas Scotton North Carolina ACC 
157 Chad Terry Oklahoma Big 12 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
165 Nick Amuchastegui Stanford Pac-10 
165 Keegan Davis Oregon State Pac-10 
165 Rex Kendle Michigan State Big Ten 
165 Ryan Patrovich Hofstra CAA 
165 Matt Pletcher Rutgers EIWA 
165 Rick Schmelyun Bloomsburg EWL 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
174 Ryan Burk Iowa State Big 12 
174 Justin Herbert Franklin & Marshall EIWA 
174 Ian Hinton Michigan State Big Ten 
174 Jeff James Oklahoma Big 12 
174 Byron Sigmon North Carolina-Greensboro Southern 
174 Anthony Trongone Virginia Tech ACC 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
184 John Barone Duke ACC 
184 Kenneth Caldwell Navy EIWA 
184 Dorian Henderson Missouri Big 12 
184 A.J. Kissel Purdue Big Ten 
184 Riley Orozco Cal State Bakersfield Pac-10 
184 David Thompson Bucknell EIWA 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament
197 Logan Brown Purdue Big Ten 
197 Eric Chine Kent State MAC 
197 Luke Feist Stanford Pac-10 
197 John Hall Boston U. CAA 
197 James Hamel Buffalo MAC 
197 Charles Silber American EIWA 

Weight Name Institution Qualifying Tournament 
285 Zach Hammond Cornell EIWA 
285 Clayton Jack Oregon State Pac-10 
285 Trey McLean Pennsylvania EIWA 
285 Corey Morrison Ohio State Big Ten 

A full video description of the entire selection protocol is available at http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/newmedia/wrestling10-21.html or you can review appendix C of the 2009 Division I Wrestling Championships Handbook which is available at http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ_handbooks/wrestling/2009/1_wrestling_handbook.pdf

The list of all 330 qualifiers is available at 
www.ncaa.com